Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA), part of the Ministry of Finance, has opened a public consultation to help define its regulatory agenda for the 2026-2027 cycle.
The measure was formalized through Public Consultation Notice No. 3/2025, published in the Federal Official Gazette.
SPA, Brazil's federal authority responsible for licensing, oversight and enforcement in the betting and lottery sector, stated that the consultation will run for 45 days, starting on 1 December 2025 and closing on 14 January 2026.
Any individual or legal entity may participate.
Submissions must be made through the Government's participatory platform via the consultation page dedicated to the SPA's upcoming regulatory agenda.
Once the consultation closes, all contributions will be analysed in accordance with Article 31 of Decree 12.002/2024, which outlines the procedures for public participation in the regulatory process.
The Ministry of Finance will then compile the feedback and use it to structure the SPA's regulatory priorities for the next two years.
The agenda is expected to guide rulemaking across areas such as operator licensing, AML requirements, advertising standards, responsible gaming obligations, payment accounts and market supervision.
The consultation represents an opportunity for industry stakeholders, civil society and consumers to influence future oversight mechanisms.
The SPA has also advanced other regulatory measures in recent months. These include the implementation of new rules for Brazil's national self-exclusion register, aimed at strengthening responsible gambling protections and imposing obligations on all licensed operators to monitor and enforce exclusion requests.
Besides that, SPA has also prohibited social welfare beneficiaries from accessing online platforms.
Brazilian welfare beneficiaries spent BR647m ($121m) on betting in 2025, according to federal data
